Project Manager Contracts in England

Project Manager
UK > England

The median Project Manager daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 2,203 3,279 5,645
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.87% 6.97% 8.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.33% 7.38% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,532 2,444 4,177
10th Percentile £356 £400 £381
25th Percentile £450 £456 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 60 44
10th Percentile £20.20 £28.47 £23.44
25th Percentile £27.75 £41.13 £29.21
Median hourly rate £35.50 £62.50 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -43.20% +23.15% +63.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.35 £70.50 £67.94
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -42.46% +15.74% +54.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in England

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -1 1,062 £550 -2.65% 217
South East -3 339 £525 +1.94% 181
North of England -11 259 £500 -3.85% 187
Midlands -1 197 £525 +10.53% 184
South West -9 177 £500 -3.85% 95
North West -6 161 £500 - 114
West Midlands -2 145 £525 +9.95% 107
East of England -9 100 £450 -12.20% 100
Yorkshire -23 78 £500 -9.09% 54
East Midlands -2 50 £456 -3.95% 77
North East +9 13 £575 +43.75% 20
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 1,008 (45.76%) Project Management
2 676 (30.69%) Finance
3 608 (27.60%) Social Skills
4 569 (25.83%) Agile
5 459 (20.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 393 (17.84%) Project Delivery
7 321 (14.57%) PRINCE2
8 268 (12.17%) Migration
9 227 (10.30%) Security Cleared
10 214 (9.71%) Change Management
11 192 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
12 189 (8.58%) Public Sector
13 187 (8.49%) Risk Management
14 170 (7.72%) Microsoft
14 170 (7.72%) Degree
15 153 (6.95%) SAP
16 147 (6.67%) Waterfall
17 144 (6.54%) Budget Management
18 142 (6.45%) SC Cleared
19 141 (6.40%) Scrum
20 134 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
21 128 (5.81%) Programme Management
22 127 (5.76%) Banking
23 125 (5.67%) Azure
23 125 (5.67%) Business Case
24 121 (5.49%) ERP
25 120 (5.45%) JIRA
26 116 (5.27%) Decision-Making
27 112 (5.08%) PMI Certification
28 111 (5.04%) Retail

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 51 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.13%) Confluence
3 18 (0.82%) CMS
4 17 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
7 5 (0.23%) Drupal
8 3 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.14%) Documentum
8 3 (0.14%) SAS
9 2 (0.091%) Appian
10 1 (0.045%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.045%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.045%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.045%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.045%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.045%) WordPress
Applications
1 81 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (2.91%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 26 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.54%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.14%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.091%) Maya
8 2 (0.091%) Trello
9 1 (0.045%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 43 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 8 (0.36%) Sage 200
4 8 (0.36%) Sage 50
4 8 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
5 6 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
6 5 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.18%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.14%) Magento
8 3 (0.14%) Maximo
8 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.14%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 3 (0.14%) SAP CRM
9 2 (0.091%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 125 (5.67%) Azure
2 49 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (1.91%) SaaS
4 39 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
5 28 (1.27%) Power Platform
6 27 (1.23%) AWS
7 23 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (0.91%) WhatsApp
9 16 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
10 15 (0.68%) Smartsheet
11 11 (0.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 9 (0.41%) OneDrive
13 8 (0.36%) Entra ID
14 7 (0.32%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.27%) Asana
15 6 (0.27%) GCP
15 6 (0.27%) OCI
15 6 (0.27%) Snowflake
16 5 (0.23%) Akamai
16 5 (0.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
2 26 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
3 21 (0.95%) Network Security
4 16 (0.73%) WAN
5 12 (0.54%) LAN
6 10 (0.45%) Internet
7 8 (0.36%) 5G
8 7 (0.32%) Firewall
9 6 (0.27%) Broadband
10 5 (0.23%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.18%) MPLS
11 4 (0.18%) VPN
12 3 (0.14%) Intranet
12 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.14%) VoIP
12 3 (0.14%) Wireless
13 2 (0.091%) FIX Connectivity
13 2 (0.091%) SAN
14 1 (0.045%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (1.04%) Power BI
3 16 (0.73%) Data Lake
4 13 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
5 9 (0.41%) Tableau
6 7 (0.32%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle Database 11g
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.23%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.14%) Big Data
8 3 (0.14%) GIS
8 3 (0.14%) Metadata
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.091%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.091%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.091%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.091%) Mixpanel
9 2 (0.091%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.045%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 120 (5.45%) JIRA
2 3 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.045%) Git
3 1 (0.045%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.045%) LSMW
3 1 (0.045%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.045%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 676 (30.69%) Finance
2 608 (27.60%) Social Skills
3 189 (8.58%) Public Sector
4 134 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
5 127 (5.76%) Banking
6 111 (5.04%) Retail
7 99 (4.49%) Manufacturing
8 89 (4.04%) Marketing
9 79 (3.59%) Local Government
10 78 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
11 71 (3.22%) Telecoms
12 61 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 60 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
14 59 (2.68%) Legal
15 53 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
16 40 (1.82%) Electronics
17 39 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
18 29 (1.32%) Financial Institution
19 22 (1.00%) Law
20 21 (0.95%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.36%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (0.32%) ADO
3 5 (0.23%) Middleware
3 5 (0.23%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.18%) .NET
4 4 (0.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 3 (0.14%) EDI
5 3 (0.14%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.091%) React
6 2 (0.091%) SAML
6 2 (0.091%) SAP PI
6 2 (0.091%) Smart Contracts
6 2 (0.091%) Web Services
7 1 (0.045%) Express.js
7 1 (0.045%) MACH
7 1 (0.045%) MERN Stack
7 1 (0.045%) Node.js
7 1 (0.045%) VML
7 1 (0.045%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 60 (2.72%) Data Centre
2 57 (2.59%) Management Information System
3 49 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 45 (2.04%) NHS
5 33 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
6 30 (1.36%) PMI
7 28 (1.27%) Virtual Team
8 27 (1.23%) FMCG
9 24 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
11 17 (0.77%) Life Science
12 15 (0.68%) Mobile App
12 15 (0.68%) Product Ownership
13 14 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 12 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
16 10 (0.45%) LIMS
16 10 (0.45%) Taxonomies
17 9 (0.41%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.68%) Windows
2 12 (0.54%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.45%) Linux
4 4 (0.18%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.091%) AIX
5 2 (0.091%) Unix
6 1 (0.045%) Android
6 1 (0.045%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.045%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,008 (45.76%) Project Management
2 569 (25.83%) Agile
3 459 (20.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 393 (17.84%) Project Delivery
5 321 (14.57%) PRINCE2
6 268 (12.17%) Migration
7 214 (9.71%) Change Management
8 192 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
9 187 (8.49%) Risk Management
10 147 (6.67%) Waterfall
11 144 (6.54%) Budget Management
12 141 (6.40%) Scrum
13 128 (5.81%) Programme Management
14 125 (5.67%) Business Case
15 121 (5.49%) ERP
16 116 (5.27%) Decision-Making
17 108 (4.90%) Project Planning
18 98 (4.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 97 (4.40%) Cybersecurity
20 87 (3.95%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (1.27%) SQL
2 9 (0.41%) Python
3 7 (0.32%) PL/SQL
4 6 (0.27%) Java
5 4 (0.18%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.14%) R
7 2 (0.091%) C#
7 2 (0.091%) VBA
8 1 (0.045%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.045%) C
8 1 (0.045%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.045%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 227 (10.30%) Security Cleared
2 170 (7.72%) Degree
3 142 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 112 (5.08%) PMI Certification
5 110 (4.99%) PMP
6 81 (3.68%) DV Cleared
7 63 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 41 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 29 (1.32%) CISM
10 28 (1.27%) CISSP
11 27 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (0.73%) CISA
13 15 (0.68%) APMP
14 14 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (0.59%) HNC
15 13 (0.59%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.45%) DBS Check
17 9 (0.41%) CIPD
18 7 (0.32%) HND
19 6 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (3.77%) PMO
2 61 (2.77%) QA
3 20 (0.91%) NIST
4 18 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 14 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.54%) GDPR
7 10 (0.45%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.45%) SLA
8 9 (0.41%) NIST 800
9 8 (0.36%) HL7
10 7 (0.32%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.27%) Basel III
11 6 (0.27%) IFRS
12 5 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (0.23%) GxP
12 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.18%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.18%) PMBOK
14 3 (0.14%) GRC
System Software
1 19 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.091%) IAG
4 2 (0.091%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.045%) Firmware
5 1 (0.045%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 5 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.18%) Terraform
3 3 (0.14%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.091%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (0.091%) Matomo
4 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.091%) SCCM
5 1 (0.045%) Ansible
5 1 (0.045%) CASB
5 1 (0.045%) Rundeck
5 1 (0.045%) SafeCom
5 1 (0.045%) WSUS
Vendors
1 170 (7.72%) Microsoft
2 153 (6.95%) SAP
3 39 (1.77%) Oracle
3 39 (1.77%) Salesforce
4 32 (1.45%) ServiceNow
5 31 (1.41%) Sage
6 16 (0.73%) Cisco
7 13 (0.59%) Adobe
7 13 (0.59%) Google
7 13 (0.59%) Workday
8 11 (0.50%) NEC
9 10 (0.45%) Ariba
9 10 (0.45%) Atlassian
10 9 (0.41%) BT
10 9 (0.41%) Splunk
11 8 (0.36%) Progress
12 7 (0.32%) Avaloq
13 6 (0.27%) Apple
13 6 (0.27%) Citrix
14 5 (0.23%) F5